CLEVELAND, Ohio — A report released today by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office shows the two suspects killed by Cleveland police after high-speed chase into East Cleveland in November both had drugs in their system.

Read the full reports on both Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams in the document viewer below.

Traces of cocaine and amphetamines were found in the blood of the driver, Russell, 43, whose last known address was in Maple Heights, the medical examiner's report shows. His passenger, Williams, whose last known address was in Garfield Heights, had cocaine and marijuana in her blood, according to the report.

The Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation is assisting the East Cleveland Police Department in unraveling what happened on Nov. 29 in the 26 minutes between when Cleveland officers heard a gunshot outside the Justice Center and Russell and Williams died in their car in a hail of bullets in a middle school parking lot in East Cleveland. Thirteen Cleveland police officers fired 137 shots at the car after a high-speed chase.

The report confirms Russell was struck 23 times, and Williams, 24.

The medical examiner's report does not address whether gunpowder residue was present on the body of either suspect. Those tests are being conducted by BCI, a spokesman for the medical examiner said.

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